More than 500 biopsy tests performed by Baroda Medical College’s Histopathology lab for mucormycosis diagnosis

The Department of Pathology of Baroda Medical College has made a very noble contribution. Under the guidance of Dr. Ranjankrishna Iyer, Dean of the Medical College Tanuja Javadekar, and the head of the department, Dr. Smita Patel, the department has done a great deal of help in determining the exact treatment of these two diseases by conducting various tests on an urgent basis. Dr. MP Dighe and Dr. Srilakshmi Hirayur have also made significant contributions to the noble work of this department.

The department has conducted more than one and a half lakh different types of tests during the last year, useful in the accurate treatment of more than 30,000 patients with potential corona. These include a complete blood cell count, peripheral smear, body fluid, and coagulation test.

The senior and junior physicians as well as the technicians working in this department have been working tirelessly to provide lab reports in 2 to 3 hours which are useful in adopting a specific strategy for the treatment of covid patients during the crisis.

The Department of Pathology, along with covid, is now providing a biopsy report useful in determining Mucormycosis treatment. Dr. Smita Patel said that the department’s histopathology laboratory has performed more than 500 biopsy tests for accurate diagnosis of the disease. This operation is being done on a daily basis at the Department of Histopathology and Cytology Lab.

Accepting biopsies of continuous cases is processed in two days on a war footing. Under normal circumstances, this process takes 3 to 4 days. Correspondingly a special imprint smear test is performed in the cytology lab and a special stain is made on it and a lab report is given in 3 to 4 hours. Under normal circumstances, this process takes 1 to 2 days.

The Department of Pathology is currently allotted two advanced cell counter devices from the MLA’s grant which will be very useful in the complete blood cell count test of the patients. Necessary equipment is also provided from time to time by the state health department.